In Plain Sight (12 page)

Authors: Marie Harte

Tags: #Paranormal, #Fiction, #Romance, #Adult, #General

BOOK: In Plain Sight

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Now that sounded like a lovely idea
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Delilah whimpered, and though he couldn’t see her face, he could well envision her wide eyes and the realization that she’d gotten herself in too deep.

Pulling his hand back, he swung it forward again to connect sharply with one round cheek.

“Oh!” Her shrill cry echoed in the woods, sending birds scattering up into the trees.

Delilah arched away from Pierce’s hand, but with Jason so close in front of her, the movement forced her body flush against him.

Pierce stepped forward again, so she was sandwiched between both their bodies. Jason closed his hands over Pierce’s hips, trapping her between them.

The result was an image so close to what they’d experience once they all joined together. It was so intimate and erotic that it startled him. Heat radiated between their bodies as a sizzling undercurrent heightened all of Pierce’s senses.

His gaze locked with Jason’s and he saw the same awareness in the other prince’s eyes.

“You feel it, little one,” Pierce whispered against her ear. “Don’t you?”

Something wild this way comes…

Temptation Unleashed

Once a powerful, practicing Wiccan, Kira Douglas has reluctantly moved to wild and beautiful Sedona, Arizona for only one reason—assume custody of her dead sister’s daughter. She immediately runs into an obstacle. The child’s uncle, the disturbingly sexy Aiden Calhoun, refuses to give her up.

Aiden has good reason for not allowing Kira custody of his precious niece. The child is half witch, half shapeshifter. Allowing her to take the girl could expose the family’s shapeshifting secret he has spent a lifetime protecting.

Their instant attraction isn’t just an inconvenient temptation. It could put his entire family in danger.

But an evil force is re-emerging, bent on destroying everything they know and love. The only way to survive is to put all differences aside.

And overcome the nightmare that once broke Kira’s faith.

This title has been revised and expanded from its previously published version.

Warning: This book contains explicit, howling-under-the-desert-moon love scenes and some wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap language.

Enjoy the following excerpt for
Temptation Unleashed:
Tough, aren’t you, baby.
He managed to repress another wolfish smile. Even though he liked her spunk, he didn’t trust her.

Not an inch.

“There’s not much left to discuss,” he stated. “Until a judge legally decides one way or another, Marissa stays here. With us. If I allow you visitation rights, it will be under the strict rule that you visit her here. And you will not be alone with her at any time. Are you willing to accept these stipulations?” He watched her eyes narrow at his terms. He could almost hear her thoughts and his body reacted, instantly aroused at her show of defiance.

Damn, but she was making him feel things he’d never felt before.
Man, she’s a fiery little thing.

“Those are ridiculous stipulations,” she muttered. “But it seems I don’t have many choices, do I?

Fine, I agree.”

Aiden searched her eyes. She’d given in far too easily. “Why do I have a suspicion that you’re calculating just how much you can get away with?”

She caught him off-guard with a smile that was so stunning it stole his breath.

“Has anyone ever told you you’re a first-class jerk?”

Aiden recovered quickly, surprised at her saucy comeback. “What has that got to do with me asking you about what kind of sneaky ideas are forming in that pretty little head of yours?”

She sighed, the sound impatient. “Obviously denying that remark isn’t going to get me anywhere. We don’t trust each other. But no matter how much you hate it, Aiden, I’m here to stay. I will be a part of Marissa’s life.” She folded her arms across her chest and frowned at him.

She looked so adorably frustrated that he frowned back to keep from grinning like a besotted fool.

Her voice took on a no-nonsense tone. “So, how do we work around this…distrust and come to some kind of agreement?”

He knew what he’d like to do.

His pulse quickened. He was about to find out if her lips were as sweet as he was betting they were.

Nothing seemed more important at that moment.

“You promise me no tricks,” he answered smoothly, “and I allow you visitation with Marissa, anytime you like. Simple enough.” He reached up and clasped her chin before she could realize his intent.

“And we’ll seal our bargain,” with a barely restrained growl he leaned forward and whispered huskily,

“with a kiss.” He captured her astonished gasp with his mouth, sealing his lips across hers.

He only meant to push her, to see how she’d react. Had only meant to take just a small sample…

But it wasn’t turning out that way.

The moment he tasted her unique sweetness, all coherent thought flew from his mind. His lips slanted over hers and a hunger like none he’d ever experienced swamped his senses.

So incredibly soft. Sweeter than heaven.

He deepened the kiss, barely registering her slight whimper of protest. She started to pull away and he grasped a handful of her silky curls, tugging just hard enough to keep her leaning forward. Blood fired his veins. His body hardened, muscles clenched with restrained fervor threatening to make him forget the reasons he’d kissed her in the first place.

He had to stop now. Before he couldn’t.

The startling realization struck him hard and he broke the kiss. Damn, but he’d come too close to losing all reason and taking…
more
. His heated gaze roamed over her flushed features, noting with satisfaction that she had been just as lost in the kiss. Her breathing was catchy, her cheeks flushed, her eyes slumberous. Her pink, moist lips were swollen from the pressure he’d used, but he couldn’t make himself feel bad about it.

She had a mouth he could easily become addicted to.

His breath still rough, he murmured huskily, “You’re one potent little contradiction, Kira Douglas.”

Looking adorably baffled, Kira asked, “Why did you kiss me?”

Aiden stepped away in one graceful move. He ran a shaky hand through his long hair and shrugged.

“Sealing a bargain. Nothing more.”

“Most people shake hands.”

He smiled, his lips curving slowly. “I’m not most people, little witch. You’ll soon discover that.”